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Notes:
* indicates a question for oral answer.
[R] indicates that the Member has declared a relevant interest.
Questions for oral answer not reached receive a written answer.
Supplementary questions will also be asked. Other Ministers may also answer.

+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.

At 2.30 p.m. Prayers

Afterwards

Private Business

Note: Private business is not debated at this time, and may not be proceeded with if opposed.

Selection: Adjourned Debate on Question [16th October].

Motion made, and Question proposed, That Mr John Hayes be discharged from the Committee of Selection and Mr Peter Luff be added to the Committee.(Mr Phil Woolas.)

Afterwards

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

*1

Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): What aspects of the Good Friday Agreement remain to be implemented; and if he will make a statement.

(
73997
)

*2

The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): What plans he has to build a new forensic centre.

(
73999
)

*3

Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): If he will make a statement on progress with the peace process.

(
74000
)

*4

Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): What restrictions the Government is placing on the purchase, possession, sale and use of fireworks in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(
74001
)

*5

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What recent progress has been made towards decommissioning.

(
74002
)

*6

Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): If he will make a statement about the level of terrorist activity in Northern Ireland.

(
74003
)

*7

Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): What aspects of the Good Friday Agreement remain to be implemented; and if he will make a statement.

(
74004
)

*8

Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): If he will make a statement about peer review as applied to improving performance in the Northern Ireland Office and its funded bodies.

(
74005
)

*9

David Burnside (South Antrim): If he will make a statement on the membership of the Provisional IRA Army Council.

(
74006
)

*10

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What plans he has to set deadlines for measuring further progress by parties to the peace process.

(
74008
)

*11

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): If he will make a statement on the prospects for the devolved institutions over the next 12 months.

(
74009
)

*12

Patsy Calton (Cheadle): What performance incentives are in place at the Northern Ireland Office.

(
74010
)

*13

Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): If he will make a statement on the implementation of the Criminal Justice Review.

(
74011
)

*14

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): What recent estimate he has made of the economic impact of the Belfast Agreement.

(
74012
)

*15

Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): If he will make a statement on the investigation into the break-in at Castlereagh Police Station on 17th March and the interim report from Sir John Chilcot.

(
74013
)

*16

Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): What steps he is taking to ensure that human rights are respected in Northern Ireland.

(
74014
)

*17

Tony Cunningham (Workington): What steps he is taking to promote human rights in all communities in Northern Ireland.

(
74015
)

*18

Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): What his assessment is of compliance with the ceasefire by paramilitaries since his statement of 24th July.

(
74016
)

*19

Lady Hermon (North Down): If he will make a statement on the recruitment procedure for the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

(
74017
)

*20

Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth): If he will make a statement on progress on the implementation of the Belfast Agreement.

Main Business

That this House notes that since its creation in 1994 by the last Conservative Government, the National Lottery has raised over £12 billion for good causes; believes that the principle that Lottery money should not be used to fund projects that are the responsibility of the Government has been undermined by the establishment of the New Opportunities Fund and that this has also significantly reduced the money available for original good causes; further notes that grants made to organisations like the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns and the Communities Empowerment Network have destroyed public trust in the Lottery, with the result that ticket sales are falling rapidly; and calls upon the Government to take urgent action to restore public confidence and to return the Lottery to its original purpose of raising money to support deserving causes that command widespread public support.

As Amendments to Mr Iain Duncan Smith's proposed Motion (Government management of the National Lottery):

Line 1, leave out from `House' to end and add`welcomes the fact that the Lottery has so far generated over £12 billion for investment in good causes and has brought much needed support for sport, the arts and heritage, charities, and organisations dealing with health, education and the environment; notes that the Lottery has created funds for projects to mark the new millennium; also notes that the typical constituency has received millions of pounds of Lottery funding, often transforming local communities and their economies; welcomes the contribution that Lottery funding has made throughout the United Kingdom; believes that Lottery players can have full confidence in the Lottery and in Lottery fund distribution; and welcomes the current review being undertaken by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to ensure that the Lottery continues to make the fullest possible contribution to the nation.'.

Line 6, leave out from `causes' to `that' in line 9 and insert `further notes'.

The selection of the matter to be debated this day has been made by the Leader of the Opposition (Standing Order No. 14(2)).

Debate may continue for three hours or until 7.00 pm., whichever is later, and proceedings shall then lapse if not previously concluded (Order of 22nd October).

Afterwards

OPPOSED PRIVATE BUSINESS [Up to 3 hours]

Mersey Tunnels Bill: Adjourned Debate on Question [16th October].

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the promoters of the Mersey Tunnels Bill shall have leave to suspend proceedings thereon in order to proceed with it, if they think fit, in the next session of Parliament, provided that notice of their intention to do so is lodged in the Private Bill Office not later than the day before the close of the present session and that all fees due up to that date have been paid;

That on the fifth sitting day in the next session the bill shall be presented to the House by deposit in the Private Bill Office;

That a declaration signed by the agent shall be annexed to the bill, stating that it is the same in every respect as the bill presented in this House in the present session;

That on the next sitting day following presentation, the Clerk in the Private Bill Office shall lay the bill on the Table of the House;

That in the next session the bill shall be deemed to have passed through every stage through which it has passed in the present session, and shall be recorded in the Journal of the House as having passed those stages;

That no further fees shall be charged to such stages;

That all petitions relating to the bill which stand referred to the committee on the bill, shall stand referred to the committee on the bill in the next session;

That no petitioners shall be heard before the committee unless their petition has been presented within the time provided for petitioning or has been deposited pursuant to Private Business Standing Order 126(b);

That, in relation to the bill, Private Business Standing Order 127 shall have effect as if the words under Standing Order 126 (Reference to committee of petitions against bill)" were omitted.(The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.).

Set down by the Chairman of Ways and Means under Standing Order No. 20.

Debate may continue for up to three hours (Order of 17th October).

At the end of the sitting

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ADJOURNMENT

Proposed subject: Conduct of the Westminster coroner (Mr Chris Pond).

Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

Witnesses: Kate Hoey MP, Member for Vauxhall; Durham County Council, Nottingham City Council and Bristol City Council (at approximately 4.15 p.m.); Mr Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London (at approximately 4.55 p.m.); Transport for London (at approximately 5.15 p.m.).

Subject: Towards a Non-Carbon Fuel Economy: Research, Development and Demonstration.

Witnesses: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; Natural Environment Research Council, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils, Economic and Social Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (at approximately 5.15 p.m.).

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Selection

4.15 p.m.

Room 13 (private)

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Treasury: Sub-Committee

4.45 p.m.
5.00 p.m.

Room 5 (private)
(public)

Subject: Regional Spending.

Witnesses: Officials of HM Treasury.

[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

Written Questions tabled on Tuesday 22nd October for answer today++

1

Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the guidelines of the use of baton rounds by the Armed Forces in Northern Ireland.

(
76921
)

2

Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port & Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the use of animals in defence research.

(
76922
)

3

Mr Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings & Rye): To ask the Prime Minister, what changes there are in the composition of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation on Security and Co-operation in Europe.

(
77264
)

4

Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham & Morden): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he will publish the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service's annual report and accounts 2001-02.

(
77265
)

5

Mr Ian Cawsey (Brigg & Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission will submits its third annual report as required by paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 7 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

(
77014
)

6

Mr Ian Cawsey (Brigg & Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the 2001-02 annual report for the Probation Board for Northern Ireland will be published.

(
77015
)

7

Mr Clive Soley (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities he has invited to be pathfinders for the standard local housing allowance; and what factors he took into account in making the selection.